Great British Bake Off Receives Backlash On Twitter

A joke didn't go down well with viewers...

The Great British Bake Off has returned to screens with a special Stand Up To Cancer series. The show was mostly a hit with viewers but there was one moment that upset some people.

Comedian and contestant in the episode, Harry Hill made cupcakes which had messages in them. While Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith were judging them, host Sandi Tosvig asked if she could read another one of them out.

She announced that the message was, "A copy of Mary Berry's Birth certificate." To which Harry replied: "printed on the original vellum," which people took to be a jab at Mary's age.

Although those in the tent laughed, and Paul seemed slightly uncomfortable, the reaction online was pretty split.